Robert Plant & Alison Krauss win album of the year Grammy

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First, a disclaimer: We like "Raising Sand," the haunting 2008 country effort from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. It's a terrific album, and deserved to be recognized at the Grammys. But album of the year? Not when an envelope-pushing effort from Radiohead was in the mix, as the band's "In Rainbows" brought newfound warmth to electronic experimentation. MISS -Todd Martens, L.A. Times

First, a disclaimer: We like "Raising Sand," the haunting 2008 country effort from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. It's a terrific album, and deserved to be recognized at the Grammys. But album of the year? Not when an envelope-pushing effort from Radiohead was in the mix, as the band's "In Rainbows" brought newfound warmth to electronic experimentation. MISS -Todd Martens, L.A. Times (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)

First, a disclaimer: We like "Raising Sand," the haunting 2008 country effort from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. It's a terrific album, and deserved to be recognized at the Grammys. But album of the year? Not when an envelope-pushing effort from Radiohead was in the mix, as the band's "In Rainbows" brought newfound warmth to electronic experimentation. MISS -Todd Martens, L.A. Times